The Latest Fashion

Spring wears her new dress.

Green, trimmed in dogwood lace with

Wisteria cape.

Winter lingers

Bright pansy faces

Bob in the damp breezes

In no rush for spring.

Just a Peek

Glorious Sunlight

Blazing from behind the clouds

A Glimpse of God's Face.

Uniquely Southern Gardening

With a nod to my daughter and son-in-law who researched and found new rules for Haiku- This one has exactly 17 syllables.

Working up November sweat

planting pansies

to brighten winter days.

Sunset triumph

Gorgeous fall sunset

singes away the edges

of the menacing storm clouds.

Summertime transitions

Since the Martins have moved on,

Dragonfly platoons

Maneuver in our back yard.

Arrival of Summer

This describes my walk from the office in the afternoon.

               Slogging through the outdoor sauna

               To the welcoming refuge

                Of my air-conditioned car.

Sunny Haiku

Hope this speaks for itself:

                                   Recently Missing in Action,

                                   Bright Orange Ball Blazes

                                   Through treetops  and into our kitchen.

Haiku-Two

It has REALLY rained lately. But, before all of this started, we had one of those summer heating showers. Sort of like- Huh- Did it really rain, or did I just imagine it?

              Cooling rain shower erupts

              From mostly sunny skies.

              No time for umbrellas to deploy.

First weekly haiku

My Haiku mentor, Howard Kilby has freed me from counting syllables. His emphasis is catching a moment in time, getting the emotion out of a very small slice of life. That's where my writing really needs to go right now. So, here's my first one. The image has a lot of meaning for me, as it's literally right in my own backyard!

                              Sturdy apple sapling stands,

                              Sheltered for now by

                              Motherly iris ruffles.